He also seems to have some nostalgia for a past age in Britain when the country had more power. The play’s first act largely consists of Jimmy’s angry tirades against upper class complacency and his wife’s lack of “enthusiasm.” Jimmy thinks that suffering is the only way to experience true human emotion, and that Alison and other upper class people are therefore less “alive” than he is. Alison irons clothes while Cliff and Jimmy read the newspaper. The scene opens on a Sunday morning in the apartment. The couple lives with Cliff Lewis, an affable working class man and Jimmy’s longtime friend. Jimmy comes from a working class background, though he is highly educated. Alison comes from a traditional upper class background. Look Back in Anger follows a young husband and wife, Alison and Jimmy Porter, as they attempt to navigate class conflict and deal with a deteriorating marriage in 1950s England.
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